CVE-2024-34506

NameCVE-2024-34506
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in includes/specials/SpecialMovePage.php in MediaWiki before 1.39.7, 1.40.x before 1.40.3, and 1.41.x before 1.41.1. If a user with the necessary rights to move the page opens Special:MovePage for a page with tens of thousands of subpages, then the page will exceed the maximum request time, leading to a denial of service.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3796-1, DSA-5651-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
mediawiki (PTS)bullseye1:1.35.13-1+deb11u2fixed
bullseye (security)1:1.35.13-1+deb11u3fixed
bookworm1:1.39.7-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)1:1.39.10-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie1:1.39.10-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
mediawikisourcebuster1:1.31.16-1+deb10u8DLA-3796-1
mediawikisourcebullseye1:1.35.13-1+deb11u2DSA-5651-1
mediawikisourcebookworm1:1.39.7-1~deb12u1DSA-5651-1
mediawikisource(unstable)1:1.39.7-1

Notes

https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/V3WXEPXV2DU6WTVEKK4XHW4QXD5OFKD7/
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T357760
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/core/+/1015423

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